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Subject: [MAFRANKL] GRENNELL, George - Descendants of
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2002 21:31:35 EST

FIRST GENERATION
1. George GRENNELL.

George GRENNELL had the following children:
+2 i. Betsey GRENNELL (born in 1779).
3 ii. George GRENNELL was born on 25 Dec 1786 in Greenfield, Franklin,
Massachusetts. He died on 19 Nov 1877 in Greenfield, Franklin,
Massachusetts. He was buried in Green River Cemetery, Greenfield, Franklin,
Massachusetts.

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 1774 - 1989.
Bicentennial Edition. Compiled by The Congress of The United States.
Government Printing Office, United States. 1989.
Grennell, George, Jr., a Representative from Massachusetts; born in
Greenfield, Mass., December 25, 1786; attended Deerfield Academy and was
graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1808; was admitted to the
bar in 1811; prosecuting attorney for Franklin County 1820 - 1828; member of
the State senate 1825 - 1827; elected to the Twenty-first Congress; reelected
as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congress and as a
Whig to the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1829 - March
3, 1839); was not a candidate for renomination in 1838; trustee of Amherst
College, Massachusetts, 1838 - 1859; judge of probate 1849 - 1853; clerk of
Franklin County Courts 1853 - 1865; first president of the Troy & Greenfield
Railroad; died in Greenfield, Mass., November 19, 1877; interment in Green
River Cemetery.

SECOND GENERATION
2. Betsey GRENNELL (George-1) was born in 1779. She died on 27 Dec 1873 in
Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.

She was married to Jonathan BIRD. Jonathan BIRD was born in 1776. He died
on 6 Mar 1813 in Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts. History of Greenfield
Shire Town of Franklin County Massachusetts, by Francis M. Thompson,
Greenfield, Mass., 1904. p. 841.
Mr Bird was a merchant. Betsey GRENNELL and Jonathan BIRD had the
following children:
4 i. Jonathan BIRD was born in 1807. He died on 25 Jan 1872 in
Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts. History of Greenfield Shire Town of
Franklin County Massachusetts, by Francis M. Thompson, Greenfield, Mass.,
1904. p. 841.
Built the present residence of Judge Fessenden.

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